Novochares is a primarily
Neotropical genus of
water scavenger beetles in the family
Hydrophilidae represented by 15 described species, one of which is thought to be introduced in Florida in the United States of America.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Novochares was created by Girón & Short in 2021 to accommodate 15 species formerly placed in the genus Helochares that occur across
Central and South America, and some of the
Lesser Antilles.[1]
Medium-sized beetles (4.5–9.0 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, brown to dark brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. There is a lot of variation in aedeagal forms (see Figure 43 in Girón and Short 2021). A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1]
Habitat
According to Girón and Short, "Species of Novochares occur in a broad range of both lentic and lotic habitats".[1]
Species
Novochares abbreviatus (Fabricius, 1801):[2] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (
Espírito Santo, Pernambuco,
Piauí), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana,
Lesser Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela.
Novochares atlanticus (Clarkson and Ferreira-Jr., 2014): Brazil (
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)[3]
Novochares atratus (Bruch, 1915): Argentina, Brazil (
Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais), Colombia, Ecuador [in doubt]; Paraguay.[4][5]
^Fabricius, J. C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum: secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae: Bibliopolii Academici Novi. pp. 24 + 506 pp.
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abFernández, L. A. (1989). "Notas sobre el género Helochares. II (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Descripción de dos especies nuevas neotropicales. Clave para determinar las especies argentinas y de áreas vecinas". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 45: 145–151.
Novochares is a primarily
Neotropical genus of
water scavenger beetles in the family
Hydrophilidae represented by 15 described species, one of which is thought to be introduced in Florida in the United States of America.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Novochares was created by Girón & Short in 2021 to accommodate 15 species formerly placed in the genus Helochares that occur across
Central and South America, and some of the
Lesser Antilles.[1]
Medium-sized beetles (4.5–9.0 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, brown to dark brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. There is a lot of variation in aedeagal forms (see Figure 43 in Girón and Short 2021). A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1]
Habitat
According to Girón and Short, "Species of Novochares occur in a broad range of both lentic and lotic habitats".[1]
Species
Novochares abbreviatus (Fabricius, 1801):[2] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (
Espírito Santo, Pernambuco,
Piauí), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana,
Lesser Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela.
Novochares atlanticus (Clarkson and Ferreira-Jr., 2014): Brazil (
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)[3]
Novochares atratus (Bruch, 1915): Argentina, Brazil (
Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais), Colombia, Ecuador [in doubt]; Paraguay.[4][5]
^Fabricius, J. C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum: secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae: Bibliopolii Academici Novi. pp. 24 + 506 pp.
^
abFernández, L. A. (1989). "Notas sobre el género Helochares. II (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Descripción de dos especies nuevas neotropicales. Clave para determinar las especies argentinas y de áreas vecinas". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 45: 145–151.